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11. Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 was a regularly scheduled flight from New Orleans to New York City that crashed on June 24, 1975, while on approach to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing 113 of the 124 people on board. [1]: 1 The crash was determined to be caused by wind shear caused by a microburst, but the failure of the ...
December 22, 1992: Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103, a 727-2L5 (registration 5A-DIA) was involved in a mid-air collision with a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 of Libyan Air Force over Tripoli, Libya. The crash resulted in the deaths of 147 passengers and 10 crew members on board the 727, the two MiG pilots survived.
August 30, 1975 10 22 22 Wien Air Alaska Flight 99: Gambell: Alaska: Fairchild F-27: The aircraft went through several missed approaches in heavy fog and crashed into a mountain. The crew was blamed for improper adherence to instrument flight rules. June 24, 1975 113 11 11 Eastern Air Lines Flight 66: Queens, New York City: New York: Boeing 727-200
"Witnesses said the plane dipped into some trees short of the runway and apparently burst into flames. Wreckage was scattered throughout a wooded area adjacent to the base." This is the first fatal crash at Tyndall since the 19 October 1972 downing of a Convair F-106 Delta Dart which killed its pilot. [25] 1 June
1962. 1 March. American Airlines Flight 1, [5] a Boeing 707 crashed on takeoff from Idlewild after its rudder jammed. All 87 passengers and 8 crew members were killed. 30 November. Eastern Air Lines Flight 512, a Douglas DC-7, crashed into the ground during a missed approach, killing 25 of the 51 on board.
The accident was the third airplane crash in the United States between 1975 and 1985 where more than 100 people were killed due to a microburst. ... in its final report issued on June 19, 1969 ...
No definitive cause for the misleading data was found. It was the first fatal jet aircraft crash involving Alaska Airlines, and remained the deadliest single-aircraft accident in United States history until June 24, 1975, when Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 crashed. [3] It is still, however, the worst air disaster in Alaska state history. [4]
It was the first fatal jet airliner crash for Alaska Airlines, and the worst plane crash in the history of the United States until June 24, 1975. [6] Japan Air Lines Flight 46E experienced a number-two engine detachment on while climbing over Alaska on March 31, 1993.